Dangerous Fish: 10 Fish You Need to Handle With Care
These 10 dangerous fish have teeth, spines, stingers, and tails that will wreck your day if you're not careful. Here's how to unhook them properly.
Outside of the ones that can eat a human being whole, fish aren’t generally thought of as being dangerous to your health. There are some, however, that can hurt you plenty whether it be from their teeth, poisonous spines, gill plates or plain old brute strength. Here’s an armful of finned foes you need to either handle with the utmost care or just not handle at all. AdvertisementRelated PhotosSUBMIT YOUR PHOTOSADVERTISEMENTAdvertisement |
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I made the mistake once of catching some baby bullheads in a mass. I picked one up and it stuck to my thumb. No big deal I thought, I pulled him off and the pain began. My thumb throbbed for over an hour. One inch long and they pack a punch that you wont soon forget.
I believe the moray eel should be on your list. They are a pain to remove from your line, wiggling and thrashing around with their sharp teeth chomping at you. I suggest cutting the line if you can't release it without bringing the slimy monster up out of water.
-It's not just alligator gar that can be dangerous, even the smaller ones (longnose, shortnose, etc.) pack a mouthful of razor sharp teeth, and when one comes into the boat flopping, you get out of the way!
-It's going to sound weird, but the one fish that's worthy of that list is none other than the bluegill. A little sunfish doesn't sound very threatening, but they have numerous needle-sharp spines on their fins, and when one of them jabs you in the hand, it hurts like he!!.
What about electric eels?
Don't large halibut have the ability to break legs if brought into the boat alive?
Oh, what about the stories of people grabbing extremely large catfish during noodling adventures? I know of one guy that lost a finger, but the culprit was a large snapping turtle that happened to be taking a nap at the noodling spot. Other handfishermen have told me that the large catfish they have grabbed actually tried to drown them.
It should be Gafftopsail one word. A lot of folks also say Sheep Head which is correctly pronounced Sheepshead. Which by the way tastes every bit as good as snapper. Some people call them "poor mans snapper" and some restaurants actually serve them in place of snapper on the menu.
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-It's not just alligator gar that can be dangerous, even the smaller ones (longnose, shortnose, etc.) pack a mouthful of razor sharp teeth, and when one comes into the boat flopping, you get out of the way!
-It's going to sound weird, but the one fish that's worthy of that list is none other than the bluegill. A little sunfish doesn't sound very threatening, but they have numerous needle-sharp spines on their fins, and when one of them jabs you in the hand, it hurts like he!!.
I believe the moray eel should be on your list. They are a pain to remove from your line, wiggling and thrashing around with their sharp teeth chomping at you. I suggest cutting the line if you can't release it without bringing the slimy monster up out of water.
I made the mistake once of catching some baby bullheads in a mass. I picked one up and it stuck to my thumb. No big deal I thought, I pulled him off and the pain began. My thumb throbbed for over an hour. One inch long and they pack a punch that you wont soon forget.
It should be Gafftopsail one word. A lot of folks also say Sheep Head which is correctly pronounced Sheepshead. Which by the way tastes every bit as good as snapper. Some people call them "poor mans snapper" and some restaurants actually serve them in place of snapper on the menu.
What about electric eels?
Don't large halibut have the ability to break legs if brought into the boat alive?
Oh, what about the stories of people grabbing extremely large catfish during noodling adventures? I know of one guy that lost a finger, but the culprit was a large snapping turtle that happened to be taking a nap at the noodling spot. Other handfishermen have told me that the large catfish they have grabbed actually tried to drown them.
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